Hey guys I recently got a Galaxy Note and might I add that it's an amazing phone. Loving it so far.
But I have one gripe so far, and it possibly can be fixed.
I've been trying to record some videos on my phone, and the sounds is coming out horrible. Curious if there's a microphone adjustment, or something.
Before I bought this phone I was looking at a lot of youtube videos of quality of camera, and its sounds 1000% better then what I record. Not sure if its a distance problem, or settings I have to change.
Here is a quick test video I shot.
Galaxy Note Recording
youtu.be/fvOapxDPuHg
Regular Video Camera Recording
youtube.com/watch?v=tnu70iSbVhk
Thanks in advanced!,
Brandon
wonder if i can ask here
I upgrade to ICS on my Note
& i had seen a video where when we record video
we can still click pics, but am not able to do that on my Note
Also is there any other Camera App where we can get
Date on Pics we click, cos its not there on Note
Thanks
Coming from Galaxy Nexus, my N4 is giving more surprises, and not in a good way.
In addition, to much higher display response time that results in noticeable trail behind any on-screen object that requires screen to change pixels, I have noticed that camera has extremely low frame rate when used in picture taking mode. It can barely pull 8-10 frames per second. It works ok in video taking mode.
This would not have been much of a problem if this also wasn't the case in gTalk. I often use gTalk video chat to talk to my wife. For whatever reason, gTalk seems to access camera in this "picture taking mode" that pulls off 8fps at best regardless of available bandwidth. This results in sub par video chat experience when compared against GNex on the same wireless network.
I don't understand why this is the case. One would assume with the power of S4 behind it, it could do any picture/video processing at a much faster rate than GNex, but that is not the case. I also don't understand why Google's native gTalk video chat seems to access the camera in the wrong mode.
I hope this makes sense.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039553
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039553
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Thank you for the link. However, this deals bitrate/fps for video taking purposes. My problem is abysmal processing in picture taking mode that results in only a few fps in camera and gTalk applications. Am i missing something?
paul2003ca said:
Thank you for the link. However, this deals bitrate/fps for video taking purposes. My problem is abysmal processing in picture taking mode that results in only a few fps in camera and gTalk applications. Am i missing something?
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I'm telling you this is the thread for all camera/camcorder mods for this device that I have seen. If it isn't there, then you have your answer. Why not post in the thread asking if there is s way to increase frame rate?
Edit: because you have 5 posts. Time to get that post count up.
estallings15 said:
I'm telling you this is the thread for all camera/camcorder mods for this device that I have seen. If it isn't there, then you have your answer. Why not post in the thread asking if there is s way to increase frame rate?
Edit: because you have 5 posts. Time to get that post count up.
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I probably haven't articulated my observation well. It isn't the frame rate of the video that I am concerned with, it is
1. poor performance of image processing in the camera app in picture mode, particularly given N4's S4 processor
2. odd implementation of gTalk video which clearly accesses camera in this "picture mode" instead of much smoother video mode.
Thanks,
paul2003ca said:
I probably haven't articulated my observation well. It isn't the frame rate of the video that I am concerned with, it is
1. poor performance of image processing in the camera app in picture mode, particularly given N4's S4 processor
2. odd implementation of gTalk video which clearly accesses camera in this "picture mode" instead of much smoother video mode.
Thanks,
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I probably haven't articulated my response well.
Post in the thread I linked. That is where people, people who can fix things, are hanging out and discussing ways to better the cameras. My very first post should have made that clear.
GTalk>settings > (your account) >voice and video chat > default video effect > change settings might help.
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Only settings on the mobile app are for image stabilization.
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mrbkkt1 said:
GTalk>settings > (your account) >voice and video chat > default video effect > change settings might help.
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No effects same result. Comparing a Galaxy Nexus, One X, S3 and Nexus 4 side by side the N4 is by far the worst. The frame rate is terribly low (all over the same wifi network).
krohnjw said:
No effects same result. Comparing a Galaxy Nexus, One X, S3 and Nexus 4 side by side the N4 is by far the worst. The frame rate is terribly low (all over the same wifi network).
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Thank you for your feedback. It really helped me to understand that it wasn't just my individual phone.
I am hopeful it is a software issue. What puzzles me is that it is a fairly obvious one and is found in a native Google application. In addition, they had the power of S4 for image processing/compression and the result is still really bad.
I have sold my Nexus 4 yesterday for essentially what I bought it off Google Play because of this (and other, primarily display response time issues). This issue is probably not significant enough for most people. However in my case, I really grew to rely on gTalk video over HSPA to see my wife (who is also a GNex owner) and son on regular basis during the day. It works great on GNex and unfortunately felt like a downgrade when I tried it with Nexus 4.
I would love to hear if this issue gets fixed in the future.
Just curious if you see this same behavior when using Skype.
Can anyone confirm whether this bug was fixed in 4.2.2?
Thanks!
I made this thread in the Note 3 international by mistake. Has anyone noticed some slight stuttering when playing youtube videos? I've only tried HD videos but that really shouldn't matter. I had my note 2 with Cleanrom play back the same exact video side by side with the Note 3 and the Note 3 would stutter while the Note 2 was fluid. It's slight but it's still there.
The Note 2 also doesn't have the annoying slight stuttering when scrolling in any browser at about medium speed.
What's going on here people? This can't be normal.
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I made this thread in the Note 3 international by mistake. Has anyone noticed some slight stuttering when playing youtube videos? I've only tried HD videos but that really shouldn't matter. I had my note 2 with Cleanrom play back the same exact video side by side with the Note 3 and the Note 3 would stutter while the Note 2 was fluid. It's slight but it's still there.
The Note 2 also doesn't have the annoying slight stuttering when scrolling in any browser at about medium speed.
What's going on here people? This can't be normal.
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I noticed this too (youtube). Seemed to do it on any video and would clean up on some, but not others. Might be 4.3 issues?? The browser issue has been hit or miss with people for a while.
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I noticed this too (youtube). Seemed to do it on any video and would clean up on some, but not others. Might be 4.3 issues?? The browser issue has been hit or miss with people for a while.
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I really hope whatever is causing this issue is determined and taken care of. I'm starting to wonder if they even test these phones before they release them.
Stuttering on two of the most used services on a smartphone (browsing and Youtube) just shouldnt be there and is unacceptable. The funny thing is is that the system itself doesn't stutter. All menus in settings scroll fluidly. Too bad I don't spend my whole time on a phone adjusting settings
Mine was doing this too yesterday after YouTube updated. Seems like a restart fixed the issue.
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I have to say that after battery life (I knew from the moment the specs leaked, that 2300 mah wouldn't be enough) that the camera quality has been my biggest dissapointment, the phone has a HARD time focusing, the picture quality it's mediocre/sometimes decent and it really doesn't make sense since google is making a big deal out of the camera.
Check out the tag line for the nexus 5 on the play store: "Nexus 5 helps you capture the everyday and the epic in fresh new ways. It's the slimmest and fastest Nexus phone ever made, powered by Android 4.4, KitKat."
If you go the official nexus 5 website you will find lots of info about how good the camera is : http://www.google.com/nexus/5/
or the commercial ... it's all about the camera
Anyway, according to Joshua Topolsky, The Verge's Chief Editor, there's hope and we will get an update trying to fix what's broken, do you guys think it will really make a difference? Or is this camera simply a poor camera? Here's the quote:
"Representatives from the Android team say that software is to blame for the weak performance, not hardware, and reps tell me that a fix is coming to deal with the issues in the upcoming weeks. I've even seen an early build of the new software, and while it's only a minor improvement — autofocus is a hair faster, but still inconsistent, and picture quality hasn't changed — it's nice to see Google already at work.
Of course, there's no set date for a fix at this point, and I don't know how much the camera can actually be improved through software, but if the Moto X is any kind of example, there might just be a solution to this very disheartening problem."
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/4/5062724/google-nexus-5-review
I don't have any issues with the camera. The iverge is so pro apple it isn't even funny anymore
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I've found no quality issue, in fact the opposite, though focus is slow
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Used HDR+ and took great photos for me. Also, have seen The Verge post a bunch of BS, not sure why people even read that crap.
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ishamm said:
I've found no quality issue, in fact the opposite, though focus is slow
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This is the deal. The camera is quite good but the issue is the focus is too slow. They need to fix that part.
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The verge are right in this case. The focus is awfully slow. Google pioneered the instant capture feature on the galaxy nexus, dont know why they abandoned it on the nexus 4 and 5.
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I don't have any issues with the camera. The iverge is so pro apple it isn't even funny anymore
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That's just not true, and you are very biased, it seems. Like others have said, there is significant lag in the camera focus and my Nexus 5 can take much much better photos than my Nexus S, but not any faster. And that is not okay.
I get the impression that all the effort on the software side so far has gone into HDR+
My experience playing around with it is that HDR+ not only improves detail in bright/dark areas, but it also results in sharper images overall. (This is contrary to what I have found with other HDR implementations which have resulted in blurrier images). Of course sometimes you don't want to use HDR (Maybe you want to photograph a figure silhouetted against the sunset for example).
Whilst I didn't buy the N5 as a replacement for an SLR, hopefully the non-HDR mode can be improved. After all, the best camera is the one you have with you.
(I also agree regarding the camera focus. At the very least, an option to pre-focus would make a huge difference!)
Shutter is slow... but it takes decent shots
It's no secret that Google needs to work on their camera software.
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It's no secret that Google needs to work on their camera software.
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Working in a software company, I can imagine how this goes...
"Who wants to work on auto-awesome." - "Yay!"
"Who wants to work on photo-sphere." - "Yay!"
"Who wants to optimize the shutter lag." - "..."
Also, your lunch looks much nicer than my work canteen pizza
flonker said:
Used HDR+ and took great photos for me. Also, have seen The Verge post a bunch of BS, not sure why people even read that crap.
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The same here, very surprised by picture quality in low light using HDR+ (for landscape mainly)... I mean im sure there are better cameras but for a phone im impressed
But i've a weird problem don't know if software or hardware but the camera app stay black screen when opened from the lock screen. it happened many times, i had to put my pin code kill the app and launch again to get the camera app working again.
Anyone got the same issue?
mobilehavoc said:
This is the deal. The camera is quite good but the issue is the focus is too slow. They need to fix that part.
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As a result, it's turned my shots into unfocused poo
At least the shutterlag and slow focus should be fixable, though. I hope.
I'm not expecting Note 3-level of camera, but it'd be nice if we could have say... 70% of the Note 3's camera performance.
Here's one I took and then used Snapseed. The hw is quite capable. https://plus.google.com/101858146614640675194/posts/1jwmHP58BUk
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I'm finding the camera very usable with good results.
However, try using video mode and pinch to zoom. Does this cause Camera to freeze for seconds for others, either recovering eventually or crashing out?
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Apolyxon said:
That's just not true, and you are very biased, it seems. Like others have said, there is significant lag in the camera focus and my Nexus 5 can take much much better photos than my Nexus S, but not any faster. And that is not okay.
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haha, I am about as unbiased as they come. I have all apple everything including an iPhone 5, macbook pro, apple tv's, Droid Maxx and now Nexus 5. I have no brand loyalty at all. Let me make myself clear to you, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THE CAMERA OR THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES THAT COME FROM IT.
I hope that is clears things up for you. And by the way, everything I said is my own opinion. I never said you didn't have issues, I said I wasn't having issues. As for the iVerge, that is pretty common knowledge.
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haha, I am about as unbiased as they come. I have all apple everything including an iPhone 5, macbook pro, apple tv's, Droid Maxx and now Nexus 5. I have no brand loyalty at all. Let me make myself clear to you, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THE CAMERA OR THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES THAT COME FROM IT.
I hope that is clears things up for you. And by the way, everything I said is my own opinion. I never said you didn't have issues, I said I wasn't having issues. As for the iVerge, that is pretty common knowledge.
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Since you have those items, why don't you compare the camera shutter lag to those other phones?
You can always say that for you it's not a problem - and that might very well be as you say, but you'll never be able to deny that there might be people that want to capture "that moment" and with that lag it's just infeasible.
If your camera does not have any worse lag than say the iPhone 5s, please make a video so we can see for ourselves.
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Since you have those items, why don't you compare the camera shutter lag to those other phones?
You can always say that for you it's not a problem - and that might very well be as you say, but you'll never be able to deny that there might be people that want to capture "that moment" and with that lag it's just infeasible.
If your camera does not have any worse lag than say the iPhone 5s, please make a video so we can see for ourselves.
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I have no problem capturing the moment, but I am also a photographer as well so I have learned to anticipate.
Again, I don't need to make video's or prove to you, I have said FOR ME, I have ZERO issues with the camera. It is fine by me.
Definitely needs to be fixed.
Apolyxon said:
Since you have those items, why don't you compare the camera shutter lag to those other phones?
You can always say that for you it's not a problem - and that might very well be as you say, but you'll never be able to deny that there might be people that want to capture "that moment" and with that lag it's just infeasible.
If your camera does not have any worse lag than say the iPhone 5s, please make a video so we can see for ourselves.
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The shutter lag is insane for a phone with these specs. I used Camera FX and it's much better, but all the images come out very dark.
blazeoc said:
I have no problem capturing the moment, but I am also a photographer as well so I have learned to anticipate.
Again, I don't need to make video's or prove to you, I have said FOR ME, I have ZERO issues with the camera. It is fine by me.
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Look this thread is about issues with the Nexus 5's camera. What good are you doing when you tell people "It's not that bad guys! You just have to anticipate the 1-2 seconds lag, I learned it too!"
It's just ignorant to tell people there is no issue with the camera at all, because you yourself can work around the lag issue. You do see that this might annoy people, especially normal users?
Does anyone else notice that every 10-15secs on a long record, that the autofocus keeps adjusting and blurring the recording?
Anyone? I don't know anybody with this phone to check this with
I saw that happen with Instagram and Snapchat
I have the same thing. It's pretty terrible, actually. The physical camera might be great but the software is atrocious.
Mine seems to do it with the LED light on but not otherwise.
Same here, shooting video is just awful!
same issues
Hi guys , im having issues with autofocus. In particular, snapchat, vine, and samba video recording can have repetitive autofocusing with only seconds inbetween. Ive reached out to motorolla regarding this issue. Confused if it's a hardware thing or a software bug of some sort.
Nexus camera always have been a problem of focus
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If you check reviews on the Nexus 6 they have said the exact same thing about the autofocus. So that leads me to believe that it is a software issue.
Did these reviews mention these different software camera interfaces in particular? Because my experiments today mostly result in video captured in Snapchat having weird erratic autofocusing while the lollipop video capture working fine.
The exception to that is when trying to a close up video, then the lollipop camera seems to be a little erratic too
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worst part of owning a nexus 6
Without a doubt, this is the worst part of owning a nexus 6. I've recorded several semi-important events and the video is completely ruined for playback by the refocusing. I nearly returned the unit and bought a galaxy note 4. But I have kept the faith. I sure hope they fix this video focus issue quick.
I too have this problem with my Nexus 6 64GB version. So far, its my biggest complaint about the camera. The still shots with the HDR+ seem to turn out great for me. Video autofocus though, pure crud!
Google need to spend more time working on there software, this phone hasn't been what I expected. To many little things that stop his phone from being good enough to keep for 2 years. The little stuff sometimes makes a difference when accumulated.